Thanks to Dr. Phil for the name of today's post.
I won the 10am Sunday tournament at the Moose for $850. I didn't have to split it with anybody. The last four players were Jimmer, his wife Kathy, Ken (don't know him well) and me. Jimmer never pays back the money bubble and he rarely chops. Kathy is basically the same way. I took Jimmer out and he got 4th place. I had JJ and he had 55. We both flopped a set and each of us naturally thought we were trapping the other. Obviously, I won that battle. I honestly don't remember if Kathy or I took out Ken, but we were head's up after only 1 or 2 more hands. I had 4 times the chips Kathy had. She didn't even ask about chopping. I like playing head's up and never get enough practice at it, so I didn't mention it either. I probably would have if we had played a long time, but we only played about 6 hands.
This tournament was quite different from most of my other tournaments. I usually suffer a tremendous rollercoaster of ups and downs. Sunday was almost perfect, with only one or two very small downsides during the entire thing. I made some good plays and laid down some good hands, i.e., I laid down AK suited and my opponent showed KK. Another time I raised with AJ suited when we were 4-handed and laid down to a large re-raise and was shown JJ. I might have won either time, but I think I dodged bullets there.
My favorite hand was the one that made me chip leader. We were 5 or 6 handed at the final table when I was dealt 55. The flop was A-2-5 giving me a set. Unbeknownst to me, Kathy had 3-4 in the big blind and had flopped a wheel. Again, we were each thinking about trapping. She checked, I made an average bet, she went all-in and I called. I was going to be out with no money, but Roland paired the board with an ace on the river and saved my bacon. Phew.
It was really nice to win all by myself and to actually not be a bundle of nerves from the rollercoaster ride. I hope my one true follower will make the next final table too.
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Donna.
On another topic: I found it ironic getting knocked out of two tournaments with trip queens, once with the best kicker, the other without. If I had taken proper time the 2nd tourney, I would have folded, realizing that it would be impossible for him to have a worse kicker due to the preflop raise. There was some chance that he had an under or over pair and could not put me on a queen, but still a good fold on my part if I had thought it through.
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